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Brian Swartz · 10-18-2022, 04:59 PM

Year 100 Wimbledon: The Early Rounds

I think 8th-ranked Ale Ballok might have made an accidental tournament entry error; they played doubles only but not singles here. Still entered in singles going forward to other events. The beneficiary of this is Oleg Urazov, who has pushed up to 9th in the last month partly due to Reimann finally sliding out of the Top 10. Urazov had to get through five sets against 12th-seed Johann Przalowik, who is consolidating well, but he makes the second week.

The best eight all survived, but there was definitely drama elsewhere. Daniel Long (IRE) knocked out (14) Vinnie Goodbody (USA) in a first-round match that went all the way to 9-7 in the 5th. Truly weird was the journey of unseeded Italian Gaspare Ceresa. Ceresa is 27 and well past his prime, ranked 57th, and needed five sets in his opening round match against an unseeded opponent. He then proceeded to rally from two sets down against (20) George Voronets, 1-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4. 7-5, 6-4. Ceresa was so exhausted by this that he was triple-bageled by Long, who went on to provide a reasonable 4th-round challenge to Xanthos.

There was also a third-round all-Spanish epic, with (25) Ignacia Saravia ultimately losing out to (13) Goya Banqueria, 9-7 in the 5th for that one as well. Banqueria couldn't get by Papadias in the 4th round, but still a quality showing for him. So plenty of drama, but it all boils down to the usual suspects heading into week two.

Elsewhere ...

Sushant Srivastava had a reversal of fortunes, a disappointing QF loss to an unseeded player in his latest FT3. Call it a balancing out of his previous success. I think he's more or less had his ranking catch up with his ability; some of his better results will fall off soon and need to be replaced. He's among the better futures players, but still in the futures category at this stage.

Aparna Chandrasekharan had an unimpressive outing at the Trani Amateur, third round in singles and first-round exit in doubles. Still inching slowly upwards, but won't get much further until he can take the next step and make QF or better his baseline. Another tournament for him next week.

Girish Raychaudhari won his third straight JG5. I think it's time for him to try heading into the JG4 level if there are reasonable opportunities found for it.

10-18-2022, 04:59 PM	#1303
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Year 100 Wimbledon: The Early Rounds I think 8th-ranked Ale Ballok might have made an accidental tournament entry error; they played doubles only but not singles here. Still entered in singles going forward to other events. The beneficiary of this is Oleg Urazov, who has pushed up to 9th in the last month partly due to Reimann finally sliding out of the Top 10. Urazov had to get through five sets against 12th-seed Johann Przalowik, who is consolidating well, but he makes the second week. The best eight all survived, but there was definitely drama elsewhere. Daniel Long (IRE) knocked out (14) Vinnie Goodbody (USA) in a first-round match that went all the way to 9-7 in the 5th. Truly weird was the journey of unseeded Italian Gaspare Ceresa. Ceresa is 27 and well past his prime, ranked 57th, and needed five sets in his opening round match against an unseeded opponent. He then proceeded to rally from two sets down against (20) George Voronets, 1-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4. 7-5, 6-4. Ceresa was so exhausted by this that he was triple-bageled by Long, who went on to provide a reasonable 4th-round challenge to Xanthos. There was also a third-round all-Spanish epic, with (25) Ignacia Saravia ultimately losing out to (13) Goya Banqueria, 9-7 in the 5th for that one as well. Banqueria couldn't get by Papadias in the 4th round, but still a quality showing for him. So plenty of drama, but it all boils down to the usual suspects heading into week two. Elsewhere ... Sushant Srivastava had a reversal of fortunes, a disappointing QF loss to an unseeded player in his latest FT3. Call it a balancing out of his previous success. I think he's more or less had his ranking catch up with his ability; some of his better results will fall off soon and need to be replaced. He's among the better futures players, but still in the futures category at this stage. Aparna Chandrasekharan had an unimpressive outing at the Trani Amateur, third round in singles and first-round exit in doubles. Still inching slowly upwards, but won't get much further until he can take the next step and make QF or better his baseline. Another tournament for him next week. Girish Raychaudhari won his third straight JG5. I think it's time for him to try heading into the JG4 level if there are reasonable opportunities found for it.